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Kennedy: Notre Dame class of ’58 celebrates milestone

Notre Dame High School Class of 1958.
Notre Dame High School Class of 1958. Notre Dame High School Class of 1958.
photo The Notre Dame High School Class of 1958 gathers for a 60-year reunion.

It’s remarkable how the years melt away when members of the Notre Dame High School Class of 1958 gather for a reunion.

Can it really have been 60 years since their Eisenhower-era graduation?

It seems like only yesterday, they say.

In 1958, Elvis was still singing “Love Me Tender” on the radio, and six of the seven top-rated shows on network television were Westerns. “Gunsmoke” anyone?

For the Notre Dame High School crowd, from down on East Eighth Street, proms were held at the Fairyland Club. The Talley-Ho drive-in restaurant on Brainerd Road, which specialized in barbecue, was the preferred cruising spot. And 50 cents worth of gas would usually get you where you needed to go.